Japanese Snacks: Chocolate

Like monster movies, martial arts, and cartoon pornography, the Japanese are the only ones in the world who have managed to refine and re-imagine snack foods in a way that can only be described as art. Whether they're wacky, cute, insane, or just plain delicious, we've got a major thing for Japanese snacks at SEHQ.

The Japanese are known for cute cartoon-based packaging on decidedly adult products (Hello Kitty wine, anyone?), but they're equally good at redesigning kids' foods to give them a more adult spin.

Nowhere is this more apparent than with their chocolate, which unlike typical American or UK chocolates, come in classy, adult-oriented packaging (not to mention often having unintentionally funny names). Even their versions of American chocolate bars, like the Kit Kat, come in dark, minimalist tones.